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Fresh insights from Northwest Atlanta — published weekly by Nicole France and her team.
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Best Guide to the Eviction Process in Georgia: 7 Steps | Nicole France RE/MAX
The eviction process in Georgia is called a dispossessory proceeding, it runs through magistrate court, and it is unforgiving about procedure. Landlords who skip a step do not get a warning. They get a dismissal, and then they start over while the tenant continues living there rent-free. Here is the reframe. Georgia has a reputation…
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Best Answer When a Neighbor’s Tree Falls on My House in Georgia | Nicole France RE/MAX
When a neighbor’s tree falls on my house, whose insurance pays? It is one of the most common questions in a market with this much mature tree cover, and the answer surprises nearly everyone who asks it. The instinct is obvious: it was their tree, so it is their problem. Georgia law generally says otherwise.…
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Best Guide to Seller Financing in Georgia: 7 Things to Know | Nicole France RE/MAX
Seller financing in Georgia comes up most often on the properties banks do not want: raw land, homes with title issues, older manufactured homes, and buyers whose income does not fit a lender’s boxes. Someone suggests the seller just carry the note. It sounds simple, flexible, and mutually beneficial. Here is the reframe. Seller financing…
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Best Guide to Preventing Deed Fraud in Georgia: 8 Steps | Nicole France RE/MAX
Deed fraud in Georgia works because of a gap most property owners have never considered. Someone forges your signature on a deed, walks it into the county clerk’s office, and files it. The clerk records it. You find out months later, if you find out at all. Here is the reframe, and it is the…
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Best Guide When You Inherit a House With a Mortgage: 7 Facts | Nicole France RE/MAX
When you inherit a house with a mortgage, the fear that arrives first is usually the wrong one. People assume the bank will demand the full balance immediately, that they will have to qualify for a new loan on their own credit, or that they will lose the house because they cannot afford to buy…
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Best Guide to Buying a Manufactured Home in Georgia: 8 Facts | Nicole France RE/MAX
Buying a manufactured home in Georgia comes with a legal wrinkle that has nothing to do with the house and everything to do with a piece of paper. The home can be beautiful, permanently set on a foundation, sitting on five acres you love, and still be classified by the state as personal property rather…
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Best Guide to Red Flags in Listing Photos: 7 to Catch | Nicole France RE/MAX
Red flags in listing photos are the cheapest screening tool a buyer has. You are looking at that gallery before you spend a Saturday driving, before you pay for an inspection, before you get attached. Ten minutes of careful looking narrows your search more efficiently than anything else you can do from your couch. Here…
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Best Severe Weather Home Preparation Georgia Guide: 8 Steps | Nicole France RE/MAX
Severe weather home preparation Georgia homeowners actually need looks different from the coastal checklists that dominate search results. You are not boarding windows against storm surge in Acworth. Your exposure here is tornadoes, straight-line wind, hail, falling trees, and rain-driven flooding in places that have never flooded before. Here is the reframe. Most storm prep…
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Best Timeline for Getting a Home Ready to List in Georgia | Nicole France RE/MAX
Getting a home ready to list is where sellers either build or destroy their equity, and almost everyone underestimates how long it takes. The instinct is to call an agent, put the sign up, and fix things as they come up. That sequence produces a listing that goes live before it is ready, sits, and…
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